Man charged over ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ letters

A Lincoln man accused of sending letters calling on people to launch violent attacks on ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ has appeared in court on June 15.

David Parnham is accused of 14 offences including soliciting murder with several rounds of malicious letters allegedly sent over two years.

The 35-year-old, of St Andrew’s Close in Lincoln, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court and was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on June 29.

He is charged with two counts of encouraging the commission of criminal offences by sending letters promoting a so-called “Punish a Muslim Day” between February and June this year.

The letters claimed Europe and North America was being “overrun” by Muslims and contained a makeshift scorecard for attacks ranging from pulling off women’s headscarves to acid attacks, torture, bombing a mosque and “butchering” Muslims with guns, knives and vehicles.

Parnham is also charged with five counts of sending packages containing substances the recipients feared were noxious between June 2016 and this month, five counts of sending letters conveying a threat and one of making a bomb hoax.

Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.